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Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunisation (UNEPI)

The Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization (UNEPI) is a national program that mainly targets infants and women of childbearing age. Immunization is among the most successful and cost effective public health interventions in preventing a child from dying before celebrating his or her first birthday. It is a priority intervention within Uganda’s minimum health care package, which directly contributes to the Ministry of Health vision and goal.

2.Supplemental Immunization Activities (SIAs) which are organized periodically to interrupt the transmission and spread of diseases like measles or polio eradication and MNT elimination.

3.Accelerated routine immunization

4.Surveillance and Outbreak response

VISION

To ensure that the Ugandan population is free of vaccine-preventable diseases

MISSION

To contribute to the overall objective of the Health Sector Strategic Plan in reducing morbidity, mortality and disability due to vaccine preventable diseases, so that they are no longer of public health importance

GOAL

To ensure that every child and high-risk group is fully vaccinated with high quality and effective vaccines against the target diseases according to recommended strategies